“And you don’t always think about how difficult it is to succeed in a field that requires you to be able to bounce from one singing gig on Newbury Street, hop a Green Line car and bang out another in Newton, before zooming back to Harvard Square for the final performance of the day.”

“Contestants from 36 countries climbed, gripped and did splits on poles during the three-day competition in Rio de Janeiro.” The competition, open to men and women alike, has a top prize that can run up to around $30,000. (video)

“If this is the end of net neutrality as we know it, it is not the end of the line for fair and equitable Internet access. Indeed, the commission’s decision frees Americans to focus on a real long-term solution: supporting open municipal-level fiber networks.”

“No other borough refers to itself in that way, talking about movement and culture. We are known in the world as the Boogie Down. When you come to the Bronx, you got to get down, move your body and get funky.”

“With resentment toward Mr. Vanska still simmering among board members over his resignation and subsequent actions, there seemed to be a strong feeling, even among those willing to contemplate his rehiring to begin with, that his powers should be limited: that he should be named principal conductor, perhaps, rather than music director, a title that has considerable administrative duties and social demands.”

Apparently, this is a problem for some (many) people: “By exaggerating the role and conduct of the police, television crime dramas ‘undermine due process’ and legitimise the ‘maverick’ side of policing.”

The Canadian McKie, “who turned 31 this month, was just a kid when he saw former National Ballet superstar Rex Harrington dance the title role in Onegin. It turned his attention from tap and jazz to ballet, which until then he’d thought of as ‘what the girls at my school did.'”